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About type of art
Recipe - Dang fruit vegetable (Dang Kanda)
Required Ingredients - Dang fruit, oil, water, onion (Gandali), pan, ladle (spoon), earthen pot (taali), salt, turmeric, chilli, spices, wood, stove
Method - Dang fruit is plucked from the vine of a type of plant. A fire is lit and a pot is placed on the fire. Water is boiled in it. Then Dang fruit is put in it for boiling. After boiling, the peel of the Dang fruit is removed. After removing the peel, cut it with a knife or sickle and kept in a plate. And after placing the pan on the stove, oil is poured in it. When the oil is hot, chopped onion is added in it and fried till it turns brown. Then chopped Dang fruit is added in it. Salt is added according to taste and kept stirring with a spoon. Cover it with a lid and let it cook for some time. When cooked, turmeric, chilli and other spices are added. And when it is fully cooked, it is taken off the stove and kept at one place. In this way, the vegetable of Dang fruit is prepared.
Medicinal use-
(1) If a person is suffering from jaundice, Dang fruit is cooked on fire and its peel is removed and given to him to eat. This cures jaundice (piri).
(2) If a person has diarrhea, Dang fruit is roasted on fire and cooked and eaten. This cures diarrhea.
Especially during Diwali, vegetable of Dang fruit is cooked and eaten.